steaming dampers

[Farrell]

I ordered a piece of each size of Laoureux damper felts that Schaff sells. I also have a few others and some Yamaha, etc. The Laoureux damper felts are on the bottom right corner of page 93 in the Schaff catalog. The diagrams on the page are pretty close to the actual felt, but not exact. Get a piece of each felt - then you know. I've had good luck finding exact fits (without having a fit!).

Terry Farrell
  
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Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:30 PM
Subject: re: steaming dampers


> 
> In a message dated 8/12/02 5:58:39 PM, HazenBannister@cs.com writes:
> 
> <<  I have the Spurlock Damper Jig,and cut my own >>
> 
> Hmmm....it's the width of the wedges that is the problem, not the length.  
> Can you make an existing wedge strip narrower with this jig?  I guess I could 
> cut a vertical slice off the side, but then the V would be assymetrical...
> 
> One thought I had was to cut the bottom off the damper felt;  by bottom, I 
> mean the flat side that you glue to the damper head.  If I cut a 1/2" off the 
> bottom, it would effectively make the damper narrower, because there'd be 
> less of the V shape (or W).  There'd be alot of wire bending with that 
> solution, though.
> 
> Maybe I could iron them narrower!
> 
> I still have hopes that something in the Schaff warehouse will fit the bill.
> 
> Tom Sivak